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12 months of Ownership - MY19 XC60 T5 - Comments

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Old Sep 16th, 2019, 16:09   #1
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Default 12 months of Ownership - MY19 XC60 T5 - Comments

Firstly, I cannot believe that I have owned this car for 12 months, only realised last week with its 1st annual service (with zero problems to fix as well)

So how has my 1st 12 months gone?

Lets start with data.
Mileage - 8,400
MPG - Cumulative average 28.02 with a few peaks of c33 on long motorways trips at average of c 70mph. Last week on a 890 mile Scottish touring trip I managed a cum average of 30.52.
I would estimate that c 33% has been in Dynamic mode with the rest on Comfort mode - i don't do that Eco stuff!
I have no issues with this values as my last 2 XC60's (both Polestared D5's) averaged 30.72 mpg/54,000 miles & 32.22 mpg/35,000 miles, so in comparison with same driving style I am OK with the T5's mpg data.

Problems during 1st 12 months.
This car had most option boxes ticked = potentially a lot of tech to go wrong!
But the only problem was earlier in the year when the internal modem decided to fail to connect to the outside world - this was a known problem on the VCM module and was soon replaced.
Last week's 1st service service was straight forward with zero issues to report from both sides.

Performance.
The car has not let me down at any time, always performed as asked when required.
I must admit that during my Scottish tour last week immediately after it's 1st service I felt as if a few HP's had been released somewhere with a few tweaks somewhere - not that the car needed any more, but it just felt a bit more throaty if that makes sense.

Would I order the same model/options again?
Easy answer - Yes.
But having ordered my last 4 models in 477 - Electric Silver - I understand that Volvo HO have decided we have to have one of 'sexless' 50 shades of grey and have ditched this standout colour for what ever unknown reason .......?
If when I buy my next XC60 it is available with the T6 powertrain (like in almost all the rest of the world), then I would seriously consider that option.
Are there any options I ordered that I would not order again? Yes, just the Park Assist as having use it once a long time ago I soon realised the novelty value of that option.

Any suggestions to Volvo for improvements/changes?
Thought long & hard about this and I only have one key suggestion that relates to the 360 camera.

Have you ever tried to activate it when decesending down a circular ramp in a multi-storey car park when the front parking sensors are going off.....???
The normal way of swiping the SENUS screen to reveal the 360 camera option does not work as the Parking Sensor screen will override it - so the only way is to engage Reverse Gear to bring up the rear camera screen from which you can then activate the 360 camera BEFORE re-engaging forward drive with full camera view operating. BUT by then that poor driver behind you has beeped his horn a few times wondering why on earth you want to "Reverse" up the circular ramp........
So my solution posted on an earlier thread would be provide the driver with a single user-programmable button to the left of the large Volume Rotary knob below the SENUS screen thereby maintaning Volvo's nice almost buttonless dashboard layout. A Poll suggested that over 75% of owners would programme this button for the 360 camera just to prevent the above type of scenario and make the 360 camera much more user accessible.

Another small minor tweak would be with Pilot Assist to make the car steer a more centre of the lane position rather than take a slight left position within the lane.

Conculsion
As a perfectionist and Virgo by birth-sign I would say the above comments reflect it all.
Roll on MY22......!!!
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